Women and Public Policy
Program
Fall 2005 Calendar
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Tuesday, July 12 Taubman B Taubman 5th
floor 12:30 pm |
“Witness to Genocide:
The Extraordinary Work and Photographs of Bosnian Tarik Samarah” Tarik’s portraits are featured
in This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women
Reclaiming the Peace, by Swanee Hunt. Co-sponsored by the |
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Wednesday, August 3 Taubman 5th
floor 12:30 pm |
Liberia: From Crisis to
Opportunity” featuring Liberian Presidential Candidate Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf Co-sponsored by the Mason Program & the |
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Wednesday, August 24 |
Strengthening the Network MPA All women of the KSG community (students, faculty, staff) are invited to an informal dinner to build relationships with other women at the KSG and learn more about WAPPP. Held at the home of WAPPP Director, Swanee Hunt. RSVP required to wappp@harvard.edu |
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Thursday, August 25 Taubman 5th
floor |
Lemonade Break Please join the women of the |
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Tuesday, September 6 |
Harvard’s 2005-2006 Guide to
Gender-Related Courses, Programs and Other Resources available in hard copy
and on the WAPPP website |
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Monday & Tuesday, September 12 & 13 |
Shopping Days |
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Wednesday, September 14 |
Classes Begin |
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Thursday, September 15 Fainsod Littauer 3rd
floor |
WAPPP Open House for KSG Students
Please join us to learn about the Women and Public
Policy Program. Refreshments will be available. |
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Tuesday, September 20 Malkin Penthouse Littauer 5th
floor 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
Student
Information Session on From Harvard Square to the Oval Office A Political Campaign Practicum, an initiative of the Women and
Public Policy Program that provides a select group of Harvard students with
the training and support they need to ascend in the electoral process at the
national, state and local levels.
Applications are due Tuesday, October 4. Come
learn more about this program and pick up an application!
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Tuesday, September 20 Carr Center
Conference Room Rubenstein 2nd
floor 6:00 pm |
Student Interested students from KSG are encouraged to join together to develop the agenda for this year’s SAGE group RSVP required to Sarah Spencer or Jasmin Weaver |
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Thursday, September 29 Faculty Dining
Room Littauer 1st
floor 6:00 pm |
International Development and Gender (IDG) Student Group Organizing
Meeting (formerly known as Women in International
Development (WID)) Interested students from KSG (plus other schools
at Harvard and beyond) are encouraged to join together to develop the agenda
for this year’s IDG Student Group. As part of its Women and Developing
Economies program area, WAPPP sponsors the IDG student group in order to
promote dialogue on the role of gender and women in international
development. RSVP required to wid@harvard.edu |
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Friday, September 30 Taubman 275 10:00 am |
Student Information Session on WAPPP
Student Seminar WAPPP is pleased to announce a new student seminar open to all |
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Friday, September 30 John F. Kennedy
Jr. Forum 4:00 pm |
FORUM: Empowering Women and Children One
Tree at a Time featuring Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel
Peace Prize Winner and Founder of the Green Belt Movement Foundation. Co-sponsored with the KSG |
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Friday, October 7 Taubman 111 |
Oval Office Program Applications Due Applications must be received by Kerry Conley at the
Women and Public Policy Program, Taubman 111, no later than Friday, October
7th. Selected students will be
notified by Friday, October 21st.
Questions, please email kerry_conley@harvard.edu |
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Monday, October 10 |
Columbus Day No Class |
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Tuesday, October 11 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Strengthening the Network MPP All women of the KSG community (students, faculty, staff) are invited to an informal dinner to build relationships with other women at the KSG and learn more about WAPPP. Held at the home of WAPPP Director, Swanee Hunt. RSVP required to wappp@harvard.edu |
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Monday, October 17 Taubman A 2:00 pm |
WAPPP Weekly: Stronger Women. Stronger Nations. Featuring Zainab
Salbi, President
and Co-founder of Women for Women International |
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Tuesday, October 18 Taubman A 12:00 pm |
WAPPP Weekly with Charles Knight, Co-Director, Project on
Defense Alternatives, Commonwealth Institute |
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Wednesday, October 19 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (tentative) |
Men’s Perspectives Event All members of
the KSG community are invited to this interactive dinner discussion. Discussion questions will be sent to you in
advance. Contact Rebecca Bassin at
Rebecca_bassin@harvard.edu for more information. RSVP required to wappp@harvard.edu |
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Thursday, October 20 Wiener Auditorium 6:00 pm |
Film Screenings: “HUMAN TRAFFICKING” Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Donald Sutherland and BAFTA Award winning actor Robert Carlyle star in the LIFETIME original film “Human Trafficking” a chilling portrayal of today’s global sex slave trade and the desperate fight to save its countless victims. The film unfolds through the stories of a rookie Department of Homeland Security ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent on the trail of the deadly criminal kingpin, two Eastern European women forced into sex slavery and trafficked into United Sates against their will and the horrifying ordeal of an American teenage girl kidnapped off the street of Manila for sale into sex slavery. Human Trafficking is a film produced by For Sale Productions, Inc for Lifetime Television. Executive Producer is Robert Halmi; Sr. Christian Duguay directs from teleplay by Carol Doyle and Agatha Dominik. Story by Carol Doyle. RSVP: wappp@harvard.edu |
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Wednesday, October 26 Wiener Auditorium 6:00 pm Refreshments
starting at 5:30 |
Film Screenings: MY TERRORIST and MY LAND
ZION and
discussion, featuring Yulie Cohen Gerstel, director/producer. My Terrorist and
My Land First in the “Women and
Human Rights” Film Series Co-sponsored with the RSVP: wappp@harvard.edu |
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Thursday, October 27 Bell Hall 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
Ambassador Swanee Hunt,
“Inclusive Security: A View From |
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Friday,
October 28 JFK Jr. Forum (tentative) |
Forum – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) |
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October Date TBA |
Roy/Gund Internship Information Session /
Presentation Through the generosity
of the Roy Family, WAPPP is offering grants for summer internships to |
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October Date TBA |
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Thursday, November 3 Fainsod Room Littauer 3rd
Floor |
WAPPP Weekly with Gillian Sorenson, Senior Advisor
and National Advocate at the United Nations Foundation |
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Thursday, November 3 Loews Theater, Refreshments starting at |
Film Screening: Yesterday and discussion, featuring Dr. Bruce Walker, director of Harvard Medical School
Division of AIDS and Acclaimed for his films Cry, the Beloved Country, Sarafina!
and Place of Weeping, among others,
in Yesterday, director Darrell James Roodt brings us the
simple, poignant story of Yesterday, a young black mother in rural Second in the “Women and Human Rights” Film Series
Co-sponsored with the RSVP: wappp@harvard.edu |
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Tuesday, November 15 Wiener Auditorium 6:00 pm Refreshments
starting at 5:30 pm |
Film Screening: Calling the Ghosts:
A Story about Rape, War and Women An extraordinarily powerful documentary and Emmy award winner, Calling the Ghosts is the first-person account of two women caught in a war where rape was as much a weapon as bullets or bombs. Third in the “Women and Human Rights” Film Series
Co-sponsored with the RSVP: wappp@harvard.edu |
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Saturday, November 19 (tentative) |
Mentoring Breakfast with the Women’s Leadership
Board Join us for these
networking opportunities with successful women from around the world. Interested students should email: andrea_flynn@harvard.edu |
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Thursday & Friday, November 24 & 25 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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November Date TBA |
Victoria Budson, “Real
Women, Real Situations: What to Say When the Going Gets Tough” Victoria A. Budson MPA ’02 is the Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy Program. This hands-on interactive workshop will address real life situations such as how to handle the use of code words alluding to gender; the double standard regarding displaying emotion; how to define your image as it relates to family before someone defines it for you; and how to approach difficult conversations regarding gender in the workplace. Co-sponsored by the Communications Program. RSVP required to wappp@harvard.edu |
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Tuesday, December 6 Malkin Penthouse Littauer 5th
floor |
WAPPP Weekly with Andrea Silbert, Candidate for
Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor |
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December Date TBA |
“Violence Against Women” Film Series |
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Tuesday,
December 13 |
KSG Classes End |